diff --git a/client_manager.ts b/client_manager.ts
index 678856b..6dfaae7 100644
--- a/client_manager.ts
+++ b/client_manager.ts
@@ -213,21 +213,8 @@ export class ClientManager {
 
   async getUpdates(id: string, timeoutSeconds: number) {
     const updates = await this.#getUpdatesInner(id, timeoutSeconds);
-    try {
-      return updates;
-    } finally {
-      this.#addToUpdateCleanupQueue(id, updates);
-    }
-  }
-
-  async canGetUpdates(id: string) {
-    const client = await this.getClient(id);
-    if (this.#webhooks.has(client)) {
-      throw new InputError("getUpdates is not allowed when a webhook is set.");
-    }
-    if (this.#polls.has(client)) {
-      throw new InputError("Another getUpdates is in progress.");
-    }
+    this.#addToUpdateCleanupQueue(id, updates);
+    return updates;
   }
 
   #polls = new Set<Client>();
@@ -235,12 +222,19 @@ export class ClientManager {
   #updateResolvers = new Map<Client, () => void>();
   #getUpdatesControllers = new Map<Client, AbortController>();
   async #getUpdatesInner(id: string, timeoutSeconds: number) {
-    const client = this.mustGetClient(id);
+    const client = await this.getClient(id);
     if (this.#webhooks.has(client)) {
-      unreachable();
+      throw new InputError("getUpdates is not allowed when a webhook is set.");
     }
-    if (this.#polls.has(client)) {
-      unreachable();
+
+    if (this.#polls.has(client)) { 
+    const controller = this.#getUpdatesControllers.get(client);
+    if (controller) {
+      controller.abort();
+    }
+    // just in case
+    this.#polls.delete(client);
+    this.#updateResolvers.delete(client);
     }
     this.#polls.add(client);
     let controller: AbortController | null = null;
@@ -266,6 +260,9 @@ export class ClientManager {
         }
         this.#updateResolvers.set(client, resolve);
       });
+      if (controller.signal.aborted) {
+        throw new InputError("Aborted by another getUpdates request.");
+      }
 
       updates = this.#updates.get(client);
       if (updates && updates.length) {
@@ -289,14 +286,6 @@ export class ClientManager {
     }
   }
 
-  abortGetUpdates(id: string) {
-    const client = this.mustGetClient(id);
-    const controller = this.#getUpdatesControllers.get(client);
-    if (controller) {
-      controller.abort();
-    }
-  }
-
   #startPeriodicChecks() {
     Promise.resolve().then(this.#periodicChecks.bind(this));
   }
diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
index 89bffac..1288de2 100644
--- a/main.ts
+++ b/main.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ async function handleRequest(id: string, method: string, params: any[]) {
   }
   switch (method) {
     case "getUpdates":
-      return await handleGetUpdates(worker, id);
+      assertArgCount(params.length, 1);
+      return await handleGetUpdates(worker, id, params[0]);
     case "invoke":
       assertArgCount(params.length, 1);
       return await handleInvoke(worker, id, params[0]);
@@ -160,30 +161,9 @@ async function handleMethod(
   }
 }
 
-async function handleGetUpdates(worker: number, id: string) {
-  const enc = new TextEncoder();
-  const response = await workers.call(worker, "canGetUpdates", id);
-  if (response != null) {
-    return Response.json(...response);
-  }
-  return new Response(
-    new ReadableStream(
-      {
-        async start(controller) {
-          try {
-            const updates = await workers.call(worker, "getUpdates", id, 0);
-            controller.enqueue(enc.encode(JSON.stringify(updates)));
-            controller.close();
-          } catch {
-            controller.error();
-          }
-        },
-        async cancel() {
-          await workers.call(worker, "abortGetUpdates", id);
-        },
-      },
-    ),
-  );
+async function handleGetUpdates(worker: number, id: string, timeout: number) {
+  const result = await workers.call(worker, "getUpdates", id, timeout);
+  return Response.json(...result);
 }
 
 async function handleInvoke(worker: number, id: string, function_: any) {
diff --git a/worker.ts b/worker.ts
index 3b8fd2f..60eccdd 100644
--- a/worker.ts
+++ b/worker.ts
@@ -84,14 +84,12 @@ const handlers = {
   serve,
   stats,
   getUpdates,
-  abortGetUpdates,
   invoke,
   setWebhook,
   deleteWebhook,
   startWebhookLoop,
   unload,
   dropPendingUpdates,
-  canGetUpdates,
 };
 export type Handler = typeof handlers;
 
@@ -203,15 +201,11 @@ async function stats(): Promise<WorkerStats> {
   };
 }
 
-function getUpdates(id: string, timeout: number): Promise<Update[] | "DROP"> {
+async function getUpdates(id: string, timeout: number): Promise<Parameters<typeof Response["json"]>> {
   if (timeout < 0) {
-    throw new Error(`Invalid timeout: ${timeout}`);
+    throw new InputError(`Invalid timeout: ${timeout}`);
   }
-  return clientManager.getUpdates(id, timeout);
-}
-
-async function abortGetUpdates(id: string) {
-  await clientManager.abortGetUpdates(id);
+  return [await clientManager.getUpdates(id, timeout)];
 }
 
 async function setWebhook(
@@ -243,10 +237,4 @@ async function dropPendingUpdates(
   await clientManager.dropPendingUpdates(id);
   return [null];
 }
-
-async function canGetUpdates(
-  id: string,
-): Promise<Parameters<typeof Response["json"]> | null> {
-  await clientManager.canGetUpdates(id);
-  return null;
-}
+ 
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